Brick Lane

Ali, Monica

| 2003

317

"A book you won't be able to put down. A Bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious older husband with whom she has an arranged marriage (and children) and the fiery political activist she lusts after. A novel that's multi-continental, richly detailed and elegantly crafted." --Curtis Sittenfeld, author of SisterlandAfter an arranged marriage to Chanu, a man twenty years older, Nazneen is taken to London, leaving her home and heart in the Bangladeshi village where she was born. Her new world is full of mysteries. How can she cross the road without being hit by a car (an operation akin to dodging raindrops in the monsoon)? What is the secret of her bullying neighbor Mrs. Islam? What is a Hell's Angel? And how must she comfort the na ve and disillusioned Chanu? As a good Muslim girl, Nazneen struggles to not question why things happen. She submits, as she must, to Fate...

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Lars Willfors

2013-08-02

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Kryddigt brittiskt etno-drama med allt vad det innebär av förtryckta hustrur, passiviserade män, gängbildning och en och annan kort kjol. Zadie Smith gör den här sortens litteratur med ett helt annat djup och grad av underhållning.

Victoria G

2011-07-15

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Seg. Jag orkade inte läsa mer än ca 150 sidor, det kändes som om det aldrig hände något. I och för sig kanske det var meningen, men jag orkar inte med det.